Actually booked the room 2 hours before we arrived through an external website as we wanted a night away from home. When we first arrived at reception they seemed confused as they had not recieved the confirmation from the booking website BUT they trusted my email and quickly sorted us with a room.

The actual hotel and its reception/lobby areas is lovely, very nicely decorated in a modern style with a clever use of mirrors to enhance the environment. Our room was on the first floor and was named 'Sunrise' (No.37). Very small room but was ideal for what we wanted. Bed was ok with clean duvet and sheets, with medium sized freeview tv and bath with overhead shower. Balcony looking over car park (£10 additional for sea view).

Only downside to this hotel was the distance from the town centre; it would have been an extremely long walk but only took 5 minutes by car, and I'm sure a taxi wouldn't be too expensive. Also, free wi-fi internet was not working.

For £30 room only, we thought this was great value and it really was a superb hotel considering the circumstances; but due to room size and location, we would not stay there more than a weekend.

Oh and very creaky floorboards!!

Just been this hotel for 6days, overall is good. Sunday lunch only £14.95 and the view in conservatory Restaurant is very fantastic, 1.25 mile to town centre and pretty hills around. But have something weird, something banging2 occasionally, when I see the next door is another room, ah probably they just refurbish

Having read the reviews we took advantage of a deal for 2 nights accomodation for £52. Arriving just after noon on 22 January we decided we would try the 3 course lunch for £14.95 in the conservatory. The setting was lovely overlooking the see and we were lucky enough to get the last table. The meal was very nice, served promptly and hot, we could understand why it has won awards. The public areas are very well presented and our room had a balcony and see view. If there was a critisism it would be that the room was a tad small, but as we were 'out and about' this was not an issue for us. Decided to have breakfast the following morning, which again was very good. All the staff were very pleasant and helpful and I would recommend this hotel.

As we live locally we know that, some decades ago, this hotel inspired the creation of Fawlty Towers. So, we put it to the test by celebrating a special occassion there just before Christmas. From casual visits we knew the ground floor is very stylish and sophisticated but this was our first opportunity to experience the accomodation. Our room (No. 7) was very clean, well furnished and enjoyed a balcony and wonderful sea view. Although there were Christmas parties and a disco taking place downstairs we were not troubled by too much noise and the disco ended at a reasonable hour.
Our dinner of typical Chistmas Fayre was very enjoyable, stylishly presented and satisfied our appetites. The only disappointment was that an off-menu request for a melon starter couldn't be accomodated (although we weren't sure if our waiter quite understood our request).
A very pleasing piece of customer service was that as we left the Restaurant a female staff member asked us if we would like coffee, but as the hotel was filling up with party guests she could see we were hesitating, so without any prompting she offered to bring it to our room. And true to her word she dleivered it within 10 minutes. (Sorry we didn't get your name, but well done).
A pretty good nights sleep followed (apart from happy noises from an energetic couple in a room down the corridor).
Breakfast was tasty with good portions, just let down by the need to cook your own toast on a machine that isn't up to the job (you know the scene guests mingling round the toaster trying to make sure no one walks off with their slices). Why a Hotel such as this can't deliver toast to the table bewilders me.
So apart from some minor criticisms we had a very enjoyable stay and would recommend the Hotel. (Forgot to say we stayed on a very reasonable winter rate that included three course dinner and coffe at £10 per head) Manuel, Basil and Sybil are certainly NOT alive and well at the Glenagles.